buwch goch gota

Welsh

Etymology

From buwch (“cow”) +‎ coch (“red”) +‎ cwta (“short, little”), lit. "little red cow".

Noun

buwch goch gota f (plural buchod coch cwta)

  1. ladybug, ladybird, ladycow

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
buwch goch gota fuwch goch gota muwch goch gota unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “buwch goch gota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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